Improvement in fluting-irons



`NITED STATES PATET FFICE *c i FREDERICK SUTTON, OFKANKAKEE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTING-IRONNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,082, dated February' 1, 18.76 application filed January 21, 1876.

'To all whom it may concern:

full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in oertain improvements upon revolving sad-irons, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. v

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- A a.

Figure lis a plan view of -a sad-iron em bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the' same. l Fig.3 is a detailed view of a partthereof.

A represents the body of a revolving sadiron, made hollow and in the 'usual form. l,The top and bottom of the iron are steel-faced, which facing extends over theedges of the iron also. At the'toe of the'iron Ais formed a nose-piece, B, having four radial'grooves,a` zo, formed in its end.,{ Against this nose-piece is placed a ilanged'sleeve, G, havingxradial ribs y on its inner end to kfit in the grooves a: on the nose-piece, the sleeve beingfheldthereto by a bolt, 1 ),passing through 4the sleeve, and screwing into the nose-piece. l On"V the sleeve C is loosely placedfthe lever gE,`the upper end of which is, by `a rod or bolt, a, connected with the upper end of another lever, El. The lower end of this lever has a large annular flange, E2, formed on its lowervend,

which is insertedin a corresponding aperture formed in the heel of the iron, the two levers and rod, with the handle Gr placed on the rod, forming the handle-frame for operating the iron. From the rod a, under the handle G, is supended a shield, H, for protecting the hand from the heat of the iron. On the outer end of the sleeve C is pivoted the lower forked end of a lever, I, which is thrown inward against the lever E, between two ears, b b, thereon, and held by a wire bail, d, or other suitable catch. v

By simply releasing the bail and moving` l i the leverI outward, the iron may, by said lever, be reversed, and fastened again by the lever I and'bail d, so as to use either lface of the iron, it being understood that the sleeve C is held v stationary against the nose-piece by means of the bolt D.

The sides of the iron A are provided with l corrugated or luted sheet-metal plates J,;.to

be used for lnting purposes, said plates being permanently attached tothe iron. When Vit is desired to use theseV plates the bolt D is loosened sufficiently to allow the ribs you the .sleeve U to get out of the grooves a' on the nose-piece, and the sleeve to be turned onefourth of a revolution, when the bolt is again tightened, and the lever-frame will be in position so as to use the Hating-plates on the sides of the iron and reverse the iron at will.

Yiron,lprovided with an interior vertical partiti'on, f, forming a'chamber, h, to be filled with plaster-of-paris, .to prevent the gasoline in the reservoir from becoming heated from the heat of the iron. To the inner side of the reservoir is connected a plate, N, having an annular flange, 0, to iit Within the ange E2 of the lever E1 at the heel of 'the iron, and from thebottom of said flange Oextends a hook, m, to` catchron the inside of the iron, as shown in Fig. 2. The reservoir is then held by means ota sliding,V loop, p, on the lever El, moving down over an ar'm, n, projecting from the plate N.' Thereservoir can thus easily be attached and detached at will.' Y

Having thus fully described my invention,

awhat I claim as new-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 Y i f l. The combination4 of the iron A, with nosepiece B, having radial'grooves m, the ilanged sleeve (l, with radial ribs y, the bolt D, the handleframe, and locking-lever, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

` 2; The combination of the iron A, with the In testimony that I claim the foregoing top and bottom smooth surfaces, the stationahave hereunto set my hand this 20th day of rydcorrlgaltled utinglplates J 1,3 attaclliled to the January, 1876.

si es o t esame, t e nose Wit grooves the flanged sleeve, with ribs, the bolt D; F' R' SUTTON' levers E El, handle G, and annular flange Witnesses: E2, all constructed substantially as and for M. L. STOWELL,

the purposes set forth. H. A. HALL. 

